The Apple M1 is the first Apple Silicon processor for Mac computers

Source: Geeknetic added 10th Nov 2020

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by Jordi Bercial 3 hours ago

The event took place today Apple’s One More Thing , in which we have been able to see details about the new devices with Apple Silicon, as well as the Apple M1 processor itself, which we will talk about below.

As Apple has shown, the Apple M1 is an extremely efficient processor on par that powerful , something that allows it to be a great companion in our laptops given its lower consumption compared to Intel processors available on current MacBooks.

At the level of figures, it is a chip that will not leave anyone indifferent, because in its 16. 000 mill transistors at 5 nanometers we find a total of 8 CPU cores divided into four high-performance cores, named by the Apple itself as the most powerful CPU cores in the world, and four high-efficiency cores, plus 8 GPU cores and 16 cores in your Neural Engine that will speed up all tasks related to artificial intelligence.

The efficiency figures are also noteworthy, as at the GPU level, Apple mentions that is capable of matching the most powerful integrated graphics available with a third of the consumption , and even so continue climbing until having twice the performance, thus having the title of the World’s fastest integrated graphics.

The figures are similar in the CPU section, and is that with a consumption of 10 W, the Apple M1 is capable of doubling the performance of a PC processor not determined by Apple , something that, although it does not tell us much at the moment, does show that it is a very efficient chip.

At the software level , MacOS Big Sur comes with several considerations such as hardware verified Secure Boot, high-performance encryption, and runtime protections built into the system, so when we purchase a computer with an Apple M1 processor, We have a fully integrated hardware and software package.

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